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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
Two razor-thin votes — 216-212 and 216-214 — sent the defense authorization and a reconciliation framework to a Senate where Republicans still need Democratic votes they do not have.
Under the change, which took effect immediately without public comment, school policies that disproportionately harm one racial group will no longer count as discriminatory unless the harm was intentional.
The suit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, says the Trump administration is holding roughly $148 million in homeland security money hostage to demands for paper ballots, citizenship checks and immigration cooperation.
The governor's surprise, last-minute backing lands in a deadlocked race against progressive Abdul El-Sayed, with mail voting already underway.
A federal judge called it the longest sentence he had handed down in thousands of cases, after Boelter admitted to a politically motivated ambush that also gravely wounded a state senator and his wife.
The White House has prepared duties of 10% to 12.5% on dozens of trading partners over forced-labor concerns, replacing a temporary blanket tariff that lapses this week after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier trade agenda.
A sweeping new report alleges Havana cultivated American left-wing groups including CodePink and the National Lawyers Guild, drawing swift denials and accusations of a politically motivated witch hunt.
The New York Times is moving to quash subpoenas seeking the communications of journalists and their relatives, part of an aggressive effort to unmask sources behind coverage of Trump's Qatari-gifted jet.
Roger Rogoff, unanimously appointed by a panel of federal judges, says his near-instant removal by the White House violated federal law and the Constitution's Appointments Clause.
For the first time in its three-decade existence, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court has received a case — a sealed, classified petition seeking to deport an unnamed individual.
The president and first lady stood in silence at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of American service members killed in the widening conflict, as the U.S. death toll reached 17.
The denials, issued through the Justice Department's formal pipeline, fell on applicants who mostly lacked political connections, even as Trump extended clemency to allies who skipped the line.
Darline Graham Nordone, appointed to the South Carolina seat this month, says she will run in the August 11 special Republican primary.
Democratic attorneys general say the administration is defying a court order by moving to terminate Parkland-era funding that pays for counselors and psychologists in schools nationwide at the end of July.
An analysis of ad data shows the GOP has poured $53 million into border-security messaging across 88 races, betting that immigration is a winning issue in November.
The vice president announced the birth at Walter Reed on Sunday morning, saying mother and baby are 'happy and healthy' and the couple's three older children are 'overjoyed.'
The 3rd Circuit's 10-5 en banc decision is the first time a federal appeals court has voided a state ban on semiautomatic rifles, opening a split with a court that upheld Illinois' ban days earlier.
Written notice reached FBI managers that the bureau will no longer scrutinize whether immigration agents were assaulted before opening fire; the Justice Department and DHS deny any policy change.
The former state Senate president swept the weekend caucuses, winning 456 of 500 elected delegates as Shenna Bellows and Nirav Shah exited, ending the scramble triggered by Graham Platner's collapse.
Kenneth Kies, once Trump's personal tax lawyer, was pushed toward the exit after telling officials a proposed request would violate a statute barring the White House from steering IRS audits, people familiar with the matter say.
Under a rule set to publish July 20 and take effect in September, officers can again weigh an applicant's use of Medicaid, food stamps and housing aid — a shift analysts say could push nearly a million people to forgo help they are entitled to.
WatchThe president called the networks' decision not to carry his primetime address an act of "fraud" that "should mean a revocation of their licenses." Only Fox and CBS aired it — and both attached disclaimers.
WatchA record 103 Democrats joined GOP Rep. Thomas Massie to strip $3.3 billion in funding for Israel, a measure that failed 104-314 but laid bare a deepening rift in the party.
President Trump's former personal lawyer, now acting attorney general, faced hours of sharp questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, with his confirmation far from assured.
A 79-page proposal would ring the historic protest square with 8-to-9-foot fencing that can be closed during 'heightened conditions' and repave its walkways in granite.
The Federal Highway Administration quietly removed five strategies from its 'Proven Safety Countermeasures' as the Transportation Department wages a campaign against what Secretary Sean Duffy calls 'DEI bike lanes.'
Kathryn Ruemmler, once White House counsel to Obama, defended her 'Uncle Jeffrey' emails before the House Oversight Committee, calling her dealings with the financier 'a mistake.'
WatchThe 9 p.m. speech is expected to allege Chinese interference and vulnerabilities in voting machines, as critics warn the president is again trying to cast doubt on his 2020 defeat.
WatchDefense Department officials privately peg the price of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran at $80 billion to $100 billion once destroyed aircraft, battered bases and spent munitions are counted — far above the roughly $30 billion the administration has cited publicly.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping the State Department from revoking or denying visas to noncitizens who study disinformation, fact-check, or do trust-and-safety work, finding the government failed to tie them to any foreign manipulation of U.S. debate.